V-cs accuse select committee of ‘obsession’
Head says criticism is ‘not based on great substance’ as MPs unveil another academic's misgivings. Melanie Newman reports
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Public still sees student loans as credit card-style debt
Perception shift needed before fees cap can be raised, top LSE economist tells conference. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Bullied Blogger: Lies, damned lies… and a terrible stitch-up
30 March: The past week has led to terrible consequences in relation to both my work and home life. I cannot sleep; when I do, I have nightmares and wake up with terrible foreboding. I have issued a...
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Scholar who labelled 9/11 victims ‘little Eichmanns’ was wrongly fired, court finds
Ward L. Churchill may seek reinstatement at the University of Colorado as jury awards him $1 in damages. John Gill reports
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‘Mr Mayhem’ lifts lid on UEL charges
Chris Knight publishes disciplinary correspondence on his website. Melanie Newman reports
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£2.8m shortfall shuts down telescope research
Research council accused of ‘wasting £4.3 million and six years of people’s careers’, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Funding will shift to drive government aims
Denham tells Hefce to adjust model to make universities more responsive and dynamic. John Gill reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why evolution is true
Janet Smith uncovers many hidden gems in the dig for evidence to support Darwin's theories
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William Faulkner: Seeing through the South
Flannery O'Connor declared that William Faulkner was "the Dixie Limited", and while she demonstrated no fear that her fiction would be overshadowed by his, the idea persists that writers should fear...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Loughborough
1. Company Law, Sixth Edition by Janet Dine and Marios Koutsias Palgrave Macmillan, £21.99 ISBN 97802300187782. Liberty before Liberalism by Quentin Skinner Cambridge University Press, £10.99 ISBN...
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Book of the week: The Imperial Map
For great powers, charts served many ends, discovers Sarah Bendall
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The week in books
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel Levitin, McGill professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience, McGill University. Aurum Press, £14.99, ISBN...
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Hotter Than That
Trevor Herbert enjoys this cultural history, but not necessarily in ways the author intended
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Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England
No one but Steve Jones could have written this book. That deep, resonant voice echoes from every page, not only with characteristic insights but also with phrases to make them memorable, such as "the...